Book Lists
Here is a selection of titles sourced throughout the year based on holidays, as well as national and international awareness and recognition months. This list is updated by month annually.
January
February
Running Press and Black Dog & Leventhal: Educate and Inspire with these Books for Black History Month Ingram: Black History Month Essential Titles Simon & Schuster: Black History is... Penguin Random House: All Ways Black Astra Publishing House: Biographies, Picture Books & Graphic Novels for Kids Ideal for Black History Month Sourcebooks: Celebrating Black Voices Scholastic: Share Black Stories 2024 Merchandising Kit Quarto Kids: Celebrate Black History Month! Sourcebooks: Black Authors, Illustrators, & Content |
Lee & Low Books: 6 Titles to Celebrate Black Women's History Hachette: Black History Month Macmillan: Macmillan Celebrates Black History Month 2024 HarperCollins: Black History Reads Haymarket Books: Books for Black Liberation Callisto: Black History Month Heroes, Leaders & Self Care Rowman & Littlefield: Essential Reads for Black History Month Charlesbridge: Books by Black Authors Charlesbridge: Black History Month Indie Playlist: Black History Month |
March
April
Poetry: Andres McMeel: Poetry Catalog Independent Publishers Caucus (Indie to Indie Playlist): April is National Poetry Month Astra Publishing House: 22 Poetry Books for Young Readers Charlesbridge Publishing: Spring into National Poetry Month Hachette: Books for National Poetry Month Financial Literacy Month: Astra Publishing House: Books About Finances for Kids Macmillan: Financial Literacy Month |
Arab American Heritage Month: Interlink Books: Arab American Heritage Month Tuttle: Celebrating National Arab American Heritage Month PRH: Must-Read Fiction by Arab and Arab American Authors Earth Day (April 22nd): Rowman & Littlefield: Earth Day Reads 2024 Holiday House: Books for a Better Earth Independent Publishers Caucus (Indie to Indie Playlist): Climate Titles Johns Hopkins: Earth Day & Life Science Autism Awareness & Acceptance: |
May
Abrams: Stories by Remarkable AAHNPI Authors S&S: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Culture, Traditions, and History Running Press: Bookish Best-Of Round-Up to Honor AAPI Month PRH: Cookbooks by Asian and Asian American Chefs Barefoot Books: Top titles for AAPI Heritage Month Orca Books: Asian Interest Titles |
Indies to Indies: AA/PI Heritage Month PRH: Science Fiction and Fantasy by AAHNPI Authors SIBA: Southern Bookseller Review: Honoring Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Hachette: Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Authors and Books PRH: Historical Fiction by AANHPI Authors Scholastic: Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month PRH: Represent Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Stories And from Rowman & Littlefield for Mental Health Month: Read for Your Mental Health 💚 |
June
Sourcebooks: Everybody Needs Pride Gecko Press: LGBTQ+ Book List Lerner Books: Read With Pride Macmillan: Pride Month 2023 Orca Book Publishers: LGBTQ+ ECW: Pride Reads 2023 Haymarket Books: Queer and Trans Politics, History, and Liberation Simon & Schuster: Celebrating Pride Month Scholastic: Read with Pride Holiday House/Pixel+Ink/Peachtree: LGBTQ & Pride Barefoot Books: LGBTQ+ Books Rowman & Littlefield: Essential reads for Pride Month |
Gecko Press: LGBTQIA+ Children's Books Sourcebooks: Pride Month Reading Recommendations Libro.fm: June is Pride Month Little Feminist Press: Pride Printables House of Anansi Press and Groundwood Books: Pride Catalog Interlink Books: LGBTQ+ Titles Libro.fm: LGBTQIA+ Authors Apollo Publishers: Stunning Photography Collections of Pride Indies to Indies: Gay Pride Indie Playlist Lee & Low Books: Read with Pride |
July
Orca Book Publishers: People with Disabilities and Neurodiversities Hachette: Disability Pride Month |
Libro.fm: Audio Books by Disabled Authors |
August
Transit Books: Women in Translation Book List Other Press: Women in Translation Open Letter Books: Women in Translation Month IPC Indie-to-Indie Playlist: Women in Translation |
Libro.fm: Women in Translation Catapult: Women in Translation Picks Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: A Reading List for Women in Translation Month 2023 Margins Bookselling MonthLibro.fm: Margins Bookselling Month |
September
Haymarket Books: Books for Latinx Liberation Cardinal Rule Press: Spanish Bundle Barefoot Books: Top Books for Latine Heritage Month Sourcebooks: Hispanic & LatinX/e Authors, Illustrators, & Content Macmillan: Fierce Reads Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month Sweepstakes Indie to Indie: Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month |
Astra Books for Young Readers: Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month Book Giveaway Simon & Schuster: Hispanic Heritage Month Picks Penguin Random House: Books to Read for Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month GoComics: Hispanic Heritage Month is Underway! |